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STANDARD 61851-1
First edition
2001-01

Electric vehicle conductive charging system –

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Part 1:
General requirements

Dispositif de charge conductive pour véhicules électriques –

Partie 1:
Prescriptions générales

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STANDARD 61851-1
First edition
2001-01

Electric vehicle conductive charging system –

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Part 1:
General requirements

Dispositif de charge conductive pour véhicules électriques –

Partie 1:
Prescriptions générales

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CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................... 4

Clause
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 6
2 Normative references ....................................................................................................... 6
3 Definitions ........................................................................................................................ 7
4 General requirements..................................................................................................... 10
5 Rating of the supply voltage ........................................................................................... 10
6 General system requirement and interface...................................................................... 10
6.1 General description ............................................................................................... 10
6.2 EV charging modes ............................................................................................... 10
6.3 Types of EV connection (cases A, B, and C) .......................................................... 11
6.4 Functions provided in each mode of charging ........................................................ 11
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6.4.1 Mandatory functions: ................................................................................. 12

6.4.2 Optional functions ..................................................................................... 12
6.4.3 Control pilot circuit .................................................................................... 13
6.5 Serial data communication .................................................................................... 13
7 Protection against electric shock .................................................................................... 13
7.1 Protection against electric shock ........................................................................... 13
7.2 Protection against direct contact............................................................................ 13
7.2.1 Accessibility of live parts ........................................................................... 13
7.2.2 Stored energy – discharge of capacitors .................................................... 14
7.3 Protection against indirect contact ......................................................................... 14
7.4 Supplementary measures ...................................................................................... 14
7.4.1 Mandatory additional protection ................................................................. 14
7.4.2 Optional additional protection .................................................................... 14
7.5 Provision for the traction battery ............................................................................ 14
7.6 Additional requirements......................................................................................... 15
8 Connection between the power supply and the EV .......................................................... 15
8.1 General................................................................................................................. 15
8.2 Physical design of the universal interface .............................................................. 15
8.3 Physical design of the basic interface .................................................................... 16
8.4 Contact sequencing............................................................................................... 16
9 Specific inlet, connector, plug and socket-outlet requirements ........................................ 16
9.1 Operating temperature .......................................................................................... 16
9.2 Vehicle inlet rating................................................................................................. 16
9.2.1 Universal inlet ........................................................................................... 16
9.2.2 Basic inlet ................................................................................................. 17
9.3 Connector rating ................................................................................................... 18
9.3.1 Connector in accordance with the universal coupling ................................. 18
9.3.2 Socket-outlet, plug or connector in accordance with the basic coupling ...... 18
9.4 Dielectric strength ................................................................................................. 19
9.5 Insulation resistance ............................................................................................. 19
9.6 Clearances and creepage distances ...................................................................... 19
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Clause Page
9.7 Service life ............................................................................................................ 19
9.8 Breaking capacity:................................................................................................. 20
9.9 IP degrees ............................................................................................................ 20
9.10 Permissible surface temperature ........................................................................... 20
9.11 Insertion and extraction force ................................................................................ 20
9.12 Latching of the retaining device ............................................................................. 20
9.13 Service ................................................................................................................. 21
9.14 Impact .................................................................................................................. 21
9.15 Vehicle driveover .................................................................................................. 21
9.16 Environmental conditions ...................................................................................... 21
10 Charging cable ............................................................................................................... 21
10.1 Charging cable ...................................................................................................... 21
10.2 Extension cord ...................................................................................................... 21
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Annex A (normative) Charging cable assembly requirements ............................................... 25

Annex B (informative) PWM control pilot circuit .................................................................... 27
Annex C (informative) Control pilot circuit ............................................................................ 32
Annex D (informative) Coding tables for power indicator....................................................... 36
Annex E (informative) Examples of conductive charging system situations ........................... 38

Bibliography ......................................................................................................................... 39

Figure 1 – Case "A" connection – connection of an EV to an a.c. supply utilizing supply

cable and plug permanently attached to the EV ..................................................................... 22
Figure 2 – Case "B" connection – connection of an EV to an a.c. supply utilizing a
detachable cable assembly with a vehicle connector and a.c. supply equipment .................... 23
Figure 3 – Case "C" connection – connection of an EV to a.c. supply utilizing supply
cable and connector permanently attached to the supply equipment ...................................... 24
Figure B.1 – Typical control pilot circuit ................................................................................. 26
Figure B.2 – Control pilot equivalent circuit ........................................................................... 27
Figure B.3 – Supply current rating vs. pilot circuit duty cycle.................................................. 28
Figure C.1 – Mode 1 – case B............................................................................................... 34
Figure C.2 – Mode 3 – case B............................................................................................... 34
Figure C.3 – Mode 4 – case C .............................................................................................. 35
Figure D.1 – AC mains current to measured voltage ratio ...................................................... 39

Table 1 – Overview of the vehicle interface requirements ...................................................... 15

Table 2 – Universal vehicle inlet requirements ...................................................................... 17
Table 3 – Basic vehicle inlet requirements ............................................................................ 17
Table 4 – Universal vehicle connector requirements .............................................................. 18
Table 5 – Basic vehicle connector requirements.................................................................... 19
Table B.1 – Definition of vehicle states ................................................................................. 30
Table B.2 – Control pilot circuit parameters (reference figure B.2) ......................................... 31
Table C.1 – Control pilot component functionality .................................................................. 33
Table D.1 – Resistor values for R internal = 1 kΩ ...................................................................... 37
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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

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ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONDUCTIVE CHARGING SYSTEM –

Part 1: General requirements

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61851-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 69: Electric
road vehicles and electric industrial trucks.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

69/124/FDIS 69/127/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

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